Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[AntDog]

Good afternoon, Guardians. Pretty darn hot out there, so I just brought the little lamb.

 

[TheStreamingEnderman]

I am still trying to figure out how to post pictures here, I have a nice photo, yet don't know how to add it. I am using a phone for this. (If that changes anything) If anyone could give a brief explanation that would be much appreciated!

Thanks.

 

[JJ Cahill]

Afternoon Guardians, I'm back from my weekly trip to the market, and from yet another trip to the thieving opticians At least I enjoyed the market, and it cost me a lot less! Cake and good crack, and some sunshine this week too Hope everyone else is having a good day

It certainly appears you had a great market day; a nice haul of hand tools to go along with your lamb beauty!

 

[CelloDan]

I am still trying to figure out how to post pictures here, I have a nice photo, yet don't know how to add it. I am using a phone for this. (If that changes anything) If anyone could give a brief explanation that would be much appreciated!

Thanks.

I use Imgur

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Open an account and upload pictures to it. Select the image that you want to post and "copy" the BBcode.
Paste the code in the forums and it should work

 

[WHT]

Due to health problems, Ihaven't posted in a longt time.I have enjoyed all of your postings so hear is my current offering of the lambsfoot that I use the most:

 

[mitch4ging]

That's a fantastic pic my friend It seems like a long time since micrometers were the most expensive tools a working-man might own. I inherited mine from my favourite uncle. Now, my pal with the tool-stall sells them for peanuts, people only want the digital ones

Thank you, Jack! They are such precision instruments with tight tolerances, but alas, people settle for an easy to read digital display. Guess I can't blame them, I must just be nostalgic and sentimental.

I was just about to grab a shave, and settle down with a beer, when one of the neighbourhood kids turned up to ask me if I'd help him make a stick. He had a nice straight piece of hazel, which I could see wouldn't take much work, but he wanted a compass fitting. We decided how long he wanted it, and I notched it with my Charlie Lamb. He said, "That seems a good idea, carrying a knife." So after I went and got my saw, and a few other simple tools, we had a chat about that. I cut the stick to size, and he sensibly decided to keep the bark on. I used a gimlet, and the awl on another knife to make a hole for a lanyard, and let him pick some paracord. He gave his stick a couple of coats of linseed oil, and we're going to fit the compass and ferrule tomorrow, and finish it off Friday. He's just joined the Scouts, and is wanting a pocket-knife for his birthday. I told him to ask his folks, and if he gets permission, I'll give him one

You are the man, Jack, well done! Bet you are popular on your block!

Celebrating wooden Wednesday at the same time

Neat photo! Looks like the beginning of some yardwork.

Finally found my drinking horn that I misplaced - so now I get to show off this forged stand that Jack so generously gifted me. I think I need a bigger horn - bigger horn means more ale .

And of course, I’ve got this big ‘un with me today.

Super cool, Dylan! Congratulations again!

I have a Lambsfoot of which you speak, i really like mine.

And what a dandy example you do have, Leon!

Afternoon Guardians, I'm back from my weekly trip to the market, and from yet another trip to the thieving opticians At least I enjoyed the market, and it cost me a lot less! Cake and good crack, and some sunshine this week too Hope everyone else is having a good day

Don't know how you don't get back home 40 lbs. heavier each time you visit that place!!
Your Big'un looks right at home!

Two-blade on a wood fired cook stove.

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Nice photo, Ed!

Very lovely shot, José!

Good afternoon, Guardians. Pretty darn hot out there, so I just brought the little lamb.

Looking good, Will! Hope you and your clan are staying cool!

Due to health problems, Ihaven't posted in a longt time.I have enjoyed all of your postings so hear is my current offering of the lambsfoot that I use the most:View attachment 1596855

Nice respectable work for a great looking Lambsfoot!
Do hope your health is improving.

Iron Mike on Photo-Toad!

 

[cudgee]

Thank you, Jack! They are such precision instruments with tight tolerances, but alas, people settle for an easy to read digital display. Guess I can't blame them, I must just be nostalgic and sentimental.

Yes you are correct, but people want everything Yesterday now, and i don't think people like or appreciate tools as previous generations have done. Also, as Jack says about his mate selling them, the new digital ones are just so darn cheap and can convert from Imperial to Metric with the push of a button, so for only every now and then use, you can see why people lean towards them. It would be different if you needed a quality one for you profession. Good to see you back posting mate, your comments and observations are great reading, like waiting for a weekly installment of your favorite radio serial on the old valve radio..

 

[Jack Black]

I am still trying to figure out how to post pictures here, I have a nice photo, yet don't know how to add it. I am using a phone for this. (If that changes anything) If anyone could give a brief explanation that would be much appreciated!

Thanks.

It would be nice to see your photo. Please read post #1 in this thread

 

[Pt-Luso]

Very lovely shot, José!

Many thanks, Dennis.

 

[Jack Black]

Good afternoon, Guardians. Pretty darn hot out there, so I just brought the little lamb.

That certainly adds a cool factor

It certainly appears you had a great market day; a nice haul of hand tools to go along with your lamb beauty!

Some sunshine always helps JJ Yesterday was the first day here this month when it hasn't rained The evening was pleasant too, and warm enough to sit out drinking wine in a short-sleeved shirt until late. We don't get enough days like that

Due to health problems, Ihaven't posted in a longt time.I have enjoyed all of your postings so hear is my current offering of the lambsfoot that I use the most:View attachment 1596855

Very sorry to hear about your health problems buddy, I hope things are getting better It's good seeing you post, and that Lamb looks like a solid user

Thank you, Jack! They are such precision instruments with tight tolerances, but alas, people settle for an easy to read digital display. Guess I can't blame them, I must just be nostalgic and sentimental.

I was telling my pal at the market about your post Dennis. About 6 months ago, I urgently needed a pair of Vernier calipers, and with all the hardware stores closed at the time, I had to buy them online. I couldn't find a pair that didn't have a digital readout! We are losing so many old skills

You are the man, Jack, well done! Bet you are popular on your block!

Thanks my friend Within minutes of my posting, young Isaac was round again, and it didn't take too long to finish off his stick. I drilled the hole for the compass with a small hand-drill, but the chuck wasn't big enough for the correct size drill. So I used the next size down, and just enlarged the hole with my Lambsfoot. Fitted a ferrule, and gave the stick a final layer of wax, which Isaac rubbed down. It actually looked pretty good, and he was glowing with pride as he went off with it

Don't know how you don't get back home 40 lbs. heavier each time you visit that place!!
Your Big'un looks right at home!

LOL! Yes Dennis, and that's just with the cake! I once bought a couple of small anvils off my friend, decorative ones, but still heavy. I completely forgot they were in my bag, and when I went over to see Stan Shaw the following day, I carried them all the way to Sheffield and back without realising!

Iron Mike on Photo-Toad!

Cool pic buddy

Good morning Guardians, that's another week gone by Still no rain here, and if that continues over the weekend, the news forecasters will probably be announcing a hosepipe and sprinkler ban by Monday I'm hoping for a sunny weekend anyway! I usually meet up with a pal on Friday mornings, but his youngest lad has to stay at home, as one of the kids in his class had a positive test-result. It's a crazy system we have here, as the two older kids can still go to school Have a good Friday Guardians

Toting some ebony today, of the bagpipe variety

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[r8shell]

I was telling my pal at the market about your post Dennis. About 6 months ago, I urgently needed a pair of Vernier calipers, and with all the hardware stores closed at the time, I had to buy them online. I couldn't find a pair that didn't have a digital readout! We are losing so many old skills

Sigh. I have had to teach a number of young people how to use a ruler. And by young people, I mean college-aged, not children.

 

[Jack Black]

Sigh. I have had to teach a number of young people how to use a ruler. And by young people, I mean college-aged, not children.

Good grief!

 

[bigfish64]

Sigh. I have had to teach a number of young people how to use a ruler. And by young people, I mean college-aged, not children.

I have to teach my 7th grade students how to read the clock in my classroom.

 

[JohnDF]

I have had to teach a number of young people how to use a ruler.

I have to teach my 7th grade students how to read the clock in my classroom

Every year I have to teach High School students how to read the wall clock, and use a ruler, and a protractor, and a compass (drawing circles)... sad world these days.

 

[r8shell]

Every year I have to teach High School students how to read the wall clock, and use a ruler, and a protractor, and a compass (drawing circles)... sad world these days.

It's a mystery to me what they actually do all day in elementary school, nowadays.

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[JohnDF]

It's a mystery to me what they actually do in all day in elementary school, nowadays.

They are too busy prepping them for college (not kidding).

 

[euroken]

Sigh. I have had to teach a number of young people how to use a ruler. And by young people, I mean college-aged, not children.

I have to teach my 7th grade students how to read the clock in my classroom.

Well, I have my phone for time and laser measure for distance measuring...why would I need to learn any of this stuff?

We talk about college and high school students but I remember schooling guys on construction sites how to use a tape. Given, using a tape can be an artform (not that I know every bits of it) but would have expected better for guys full time on site.

 

[Modoc ED]

It's a mystery to me what they actually do all day in elementary school, nowadays.

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r8shell - A couple of years ago my Grandson (a Junior in high school at the time) was sitting with me at my desk looking at pictures of some of my knives and I showed him this Circular Slide Rule. He looked at it for a bit, spun the wheel, and had a jaw dropping, what the heck is this used for, look on his face. To think they built the Empire State Building using a slide rule. Even today when he visits, he still doesn't have a clue.



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[Jack Black]

I have to teach my 7th grade students how to read the clock in my classroom.

Every year I have to teach High School students how to read the wall clock, and use a ruler, and a protractor, and a compass (drawing circles)... sad world these days.

Incredible! I was once giving a lecture to a class of second year university students, and I used the word 'Kafkaesque'. Not one of them knew what that meant, so I tried 'Orwellian'. They had never heard of that, nor George Orwell, nor 1984 ! I suggested they might have heard the words 'Big Brother'. At last! But it turned out they thought I was talking about some stupid reality TV show At the other end of the spectrum, I can remember having a detailed conversation with a friend's 8 year-old about the Greek classics!

It's a mystery to me what they actually do all day in elementary school, nowadays.

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Indeed. I was invited to a school play performed by young children a few years back. It was short, and fairly simple, and celebrated Rosa Parks. Afterwards, I was talking to the young teacher, who had organised the play, and I said to her, "You do realise that Rosa Parks wasn't the first black woman to protest against racial segregation on public transport in Alabama?" She could only look at me with wide eyes, and a flapping mouth, and looked absolutely devastated!

Nice photo Rachel

Well, what do you have planned for the weekend Guardians? I've booked in to a place a couple of friends have just opened for breakfast, and then we're going for a walk at Kirkstall Abbey . We're booked into a nice pub mid afternoon, where we'll probably get something else to eat I'm looking forward to it

A horn-covered Lambsfoot on a previous visit to the abbey